By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com Dozens of supporters of Amy Gumbert packed Thursday’s school board meeting to speak out for the McKeesport Area basketball coach, who recently resigned. Four pl...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com It sounds like Donora Council is going to put the issue of who will be the borough’s representative for the Mid Mon Valley Transit Authority up for a vote, potent...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com Fallowfield Township supervisors will soon select a new person to represent the community on the Mid Mon Valley Transit Authority board of directors....

Jeff Helsel / Mon Valley Independent California Area School Elementary first-graders Nolan Hasbrouck, Teegan Harned, Tara Masaitis and Camden Juarez run in place for 100 seconds with their classmates ...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com It’s uncertain whether or not Punxsutawney Phil will see his shadow, but one thing is for certain tomorrow: a music-filled evening at the Groundhog Day Festival...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com As Fallowfield Township supervisors update their emergency response plan this year, they are also considering investing in handheld radios for employ...

By RALPH STONE MVI columnist Once upon a season there were open-ended tar buckets, bushel baskets, and actual basketball rims hanging from telephone poles, tree trunks and garage doors all over the st...

By Staff and Wire Reports New data from automatic voter registration at Pennsylvania driver’s license centers shows that sign-ups have grown, remain almost evenly divided between the political parties...

Jacob Brown and his 7-month-old son, Jordy, watched the Elizabeth Forward boys basketball game Tuesday evening. To purchase this photo and more from our online photo gallery, go to our website at www....

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The AP Delsandro Committee has applied for grant funds through the Washington County LSA program to enter the third phase of its renovation project. The AP Delsan...

By Justin Vellucci Trib Total Media The owners of the blighted Century III Mall were charged Tuesday in a move by Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala to seize ownership and demolish the...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com Carnegie Library of McKeesport will host a meet-and-greet and book-signing with Rob Long and Andrew Dolberg authors of “The Great Weather Diviner: The Untold Or...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com Mon Valley Academy for the Arts will host a first-of-its-kind language class. Last week, the MVAA announced the addition of “Aventuras en Español,” t...

By MICHAEL RICHTER mrichter@yourmvi.com When Larry Bridges endured his first bout of cancer in 2017, he wasn’t aware of the bell-ringing tradition for those who finish chemotherapy or radiation treatm...

By RICH CHOLODOFSKY Trib Total Media More than 500 Westmoreland County courthouse and nursing home employees ratified a union contract Monday. Approval of the three-year deal averted a strike that wou...

By JIM BUSCH For the MVI Public officials and other speakers voiced their opposition to a proposed rate hike by Pennsylvania American Water Company at a public hearing Monday in Port Vue. Emily DeVoe,...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com Residents of all ages will get a bit chilly this weekend for a good cause at the 11th annual Frosty Frolic. A major fundraiser for the California Are...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com While their faces are mostly serious, there’s a hint of smirk or two as the women of the Donora Wire Works Nail Mill in 1928 sit in their dirty work dresses and s...

By TAYLOR BROWN   Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com Pennsylvania’s updated Dog Law took effect last week to increase public safety in communities, add consumer protections for those who buy or adop...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com State Sen. Camera Bartolotta joined a bipartisan effort this week to talk about a bill that would work along with legislation she introduced to modernize the prof...